Taken at Beatley's Hotel, in Indian Lake, OH (home town of the club's elder statesman, C.L. "Doc" Barrett), in June of 1951. Our second of four years at Beatley's, aka "Beastly's-on-the-Bayou". In addition to Robert Bloch, Arthur C. Clarke and "Doc" Smith, the list of attending pros contained at least one more entry: Randall Garrett, later the author of the Lord D'Arcy magic and mystery alternate history stories.

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